Every year, around 400 undergraduates sign up for the introductory course Econ 0110: “Principles of Economics.” Nearly four out of every five students in the current iteration of this course are first ...

The fundamental principles of economics are based on human nature and do not change regardless of how they are interpreted. People behave certain ways on an individual and societal level based on the ...

We typically recommend that students plan their degree so that they have no more than three economics courses in any given semester. You may not take most 300 level courses until you've taken ECON 101 ...

Organizations around the globe are increasingly using insights from the field of behavioral economics to help people make more efficient decisions. Discover how to apply cutting-edge behavioral ...

1. For several years, I have been teaching a freshman seminar at Harvard. I always start with this book, and the students always love it. Most economics books are bloodless. They give us ideas, but ...

The Austrian school of economics is a school of economic thought that emphasizes the importance of individual human action and free markets in economic decision-making. It has its origins in late 19th ...

Economics — one of the most popular majors at Brandeis — provides a lens through which we can better understand and improve our world. Economics is the study of human choice and economic behavior. It ...

Behavioral economics combines elements of economics and psychology to understand how and why people behave the way they do in the real world. It differs from neoclassical economics, which assumes that ...